Old St Paul's. Ground Plan before Indigo Jones's Portico. From the Wren Collection at All Souls College, Oxford.

SPCAA/D/1/18/2

May 1889

Francis Cranmer (1817 - 1903) Penrose, Francis Cranmer (1817 - 1903) Penrose

The ground plan for the pre-fire cathedral (copied from All Soul's College, Oxford) is executed on tracing paper in grey watercolour and ink.

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Shell Dlg;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 Ground plan (with scale) of the pre-fire cathedral. It is a copy of the original from the Wren Collection at All Soul's College, Oxford. There is a note on the drawing which states that the original is executed on vellum.\par }

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